Table 2a: Race - Women age 18 and over who report they had a Pap smear within the past 3 years, by race, United States, 2000^a

	Total		AI/AN		Asian		NHOPI		Black		White		>1 Race
Population group	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Total	81.4	0.4	76.4	5.7	65.7	2.8	*	*	84.1	0.8	81.8	0.4	78.6	4
Age (not age adjusted)
18-44	84.9	0.5	85.9	4.5	64.5	3.6	*	*	88.5	1	85.4	0.6	86.3	4.2
45-64	84.6	0.6	*	*	73.1	4.7	*	*	85.6	1.3	85.3	0.7	*	*
65 and over	64.7	1	*	*	*	*	*	*	67.2	2.7	64.5	1.1	*	*
Health insurance
Persons under age 65	87.5	0.4	78.4	5.2	72.6	2.9	*	*	89.9	0.9	87.9	0.4	81.9	4.1
Private	87.5	0.4	*	*	72.3	3.1	*	*	88.8	1.1	88.1	0.5	80.7	4.8
Public	85.7	1.1	*	*	*	*	*	*	90.2	1.5	84.2	1.5	*	*
Uninsured	69.8	1.2	*	*	46.6	6.7	*	*	77.9	2	68.9	1.5	*	*
Persons age 65 and over	64.7	1	*	*	*	*	*	*	67.2	2.7	64.5	1.1	*	*
Medicare and any private	67.9	1.2	*	*	*	*	*	*	76.1	5.1	67.7	1.2	*	*
Medicare and any public	58.9	2.9	*	*	*	*	*	*	64.5	4.4	55.7	3.8	*	*
Medicare only	58.9	2	*	*	*	*	*	*	62.9	4.6	58	2.2	*	*
Family income
< 100% of poverty level	72.5	1.2	*	*	54.5	7	*	*	79.4	1.8	70.2	1.6	*	*
100-199% of poverty level	75.1	1	*	*	47.7	6.7	*	*	81.3	2	74.5	1.2	*	*
200-399% of poverty level	80.9	0.8	*	*	58.7	6.1	*	*	86.4	1.9	81.2	0.9	*	*
≥ 400% of poverty level	87.7	0.7	*	*	77	5.4	*	*	89.7	2.5	88	0.8	*	*
Education (age 25 and over)
Less than high school graduate	73.8	1	*	*	*	*	*	*	81.1	1.8	72.2	1.3	*	*
High school graduate	81	0.6	*	*	69.4	6.6	*	*	84.4	1.6	81.1	0.7	*	*
At least some college	86.4	0.5	*	*	66.4	4.7	*	*	87.6	1.4	87	0.5	90.6	4.3
Residence location
Urban (MSA)	81.9	0.4	82.4	5	65.4	2.9	*	*	84	0.8	82.4	0.5	83.1	4.3
Rural (Non-MSA)	80.4	0.7	*	*	*	*	*	*	83.9	2.3	80.5	0.8	*	*

^aMeasure is age adjusted.

*Data do not meet the criteria for statistical reliability, data quality, or confidentiality.

Key: AI/AN: American Indian or Alaska Native; NHOPI: Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander; SE: Standard error; MSA: Metropolitan Statistical Area

Note: The population categories used in this table are as reported from the source of the data (see below).

Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics, National Health Interview Survey.

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